Upside Learning
JUNE 20, 2011
I spent close to a year laboring under the delusion that game based learning was all about incorporating course material into a game. After all, what else could it be? If I incorporate all the course learning objectives into a game setting and keep score – it qualifies as game based learning doesn’t it? No! It doesn’t! Research suggests that if learners are able to score and win the game without learning, they are more likely to do so.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 30, 2011
For a while I have been stealthy working on a book titled “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction&#. Here is some leaked info about the book…look for it in Spring 2012. The first chapter introduces terminology. What is a game? What is gamification and what does that mean to faculty members, college instructors, instructional designers and other learning and development practitioners.
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mLearning Revolution
JUNE 9, 2011
'I’ll keep this introduction short and to the point and get to the video quickly. One of my favorite new features in Adobe Captivate 5.5 is publishing to YouTube. However before you hit the new YouTube button in the toolbar, I recommend you watch this short video where I share some best practices for you to consider, in order to get the most out of this feature.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 28, 2011
by Kevin Siegel You've always been able to create quizzes with Captivate. Of course, over the years the quiz features have gotten better and better. However, if you've spent any time with the quiz feature in Captivate 5, you are probably a bit disappointed with how bad some of the text formatting features are. For instance, when you add a multiple choice question slide, something simple like aligning the text horizontally is a real challenge.
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Dashe & Thomson
JUNE 28, 2011
A friend of mine recently sent me a fascinating article titled “ The Shrinking of the Non-Social Web ” which contained some real eye-openers. Essentially the Web is not just evolving gradually as it absorbs the impact of smartphones and social media; it’s changing so radically that it might be better to look at what’s happening as the birth of an entirely new concept of internet interactivity and learning.
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Upside Learning
JUNE 2, 2011
It’s been a trying time of the year; erratic schedules, vacations and finding time to introspect has meant I’ve not blogged over the last month or so. As I get back on track, it’s time to start blogging in earnest again. We’ve gone from attending eLearning conferences to mLearning conferences; it’s just around the corner from mLearnCon 2011. As mobile computing becomes mainstream, it is worth thinking about the nature of learning in the future.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 20, 2011
ProtonMedia Raises $4.5 Million in Series B Financing Led by Kaplan Ventures. Kaplan EduNeering concurrently forms strategic reseller partnership with ProtonMedia. ProtonMedia announced the successful completion of a $4.5 million Series B venture financing led by Kaplan Ventures. ProtonMedia will use the funds to extend its leadership position within life sciences by further integrating its ProtoSphere virtual collaboration environment with ComplianceWire®, Kaplan EduNeering’s validated cl
Jane Hart
JUNE 22, 2011
Tweet. Picture of @brrough and @sarsentrekker tweeting away was taken by @mikecollins007. Last Friday, I had the pleasure of chairing the eLearning network’s first regional event in Bristol. The topic was Making the most of informal learning. During the morning and the first part of the afternoon, we listened to 4 speakers with interesting informal learning stories to tell – and there was also a lively backchannel on Twitter to keep those outside the room up to speed with what was h
Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning
JUNE 15, 2011
In my last post, we looked at the next generation content authoring. In this post, I include an interactivity that will help you explore the five types of interactive elements for next generation learning. Use your mouse pointer to explore any of the five panels here, and click on the little round button at the bottom right of each panel to know more.
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 21, 2011
by AJ George. PowerPoint's SmartArt allows you to visually communicate information. You can create SmartArt graphics that are lists, process diagrams and organizational charts. Adding SmartArt is simple. all you need to do is click the SmartArt command on the Insert Ribbon. While adding animation to the SmartArt is just as simple, some of the features are a bit hidden.
The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 8, 2011
Participants rated the management training program 4.3 on a five-point scale. Sixty percent said that they have applied the training to their work. What do we know about effectiveness of the program? Not much. We cannot determine from this data if the management training program made a difference for the organization. If it didn't make a difference, there is little reason to continue to offer the program to managers in the same form.
Upside Learning
JUNE 30, 2011
It’s been quite an interesting week on the Google front, with the launch of one new service after another. The one making the biggest waves (if you pardon the pun) has been Google+ (plus). Having wrangled an invite, I used it for a couple of hours. These are some first impressions. It shouldn’t be surprising that I’m making lots of comparison to Facebook which is the defacto social networking standard right now.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 9, 2011
Once again, hats of to Chris St. John and the group for a wonderful conference at George Mason University. The Innovations in E-Learning Symposium is really a top notch conference, small, intimate but with great attendees and speakers and I really like how both industry old timers (like me) and Ph.D. candidates both get a chance at the podium, good mix of professionals in our field.
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Jane Hart
JUNE 20, 2011
Tweet. I’ve been waiting for this! The 2011 revision of the well known video by Erik Qualmann. “Part of the world’s most watched Social Media video series; “Social Media Revolution&# by Erik Qualman. Based on #1 International Best Selling Book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman. This is a shorter version that includes new social media statistics for 2011.
Raptivity
JUNE 17, 2011
3D Turbopack benefits: Create learning interactions based on metaphors and objects from 3D and virtual worlds Interactions: 3D Cube - create an intuitive navigation for content, where the information is non-sequential. 3D eBook - Present the content page-by-page where the learner gets an experience [.].
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 14, 2011
by Kevin Siegel Anyone who created eLearning lessons using any version of Adobe Captivate older than version 5 is painfully aware that Captivate does not offer publishing options for any of the Apple mobile devices (iPhone, iPad or iPod). It's been a real issue for developers who love Captivate, but are required to create content for the Apple devices, and are therefore forced to use other tools such as Camtasia.
mLearning Revolution
JUNE 2, 2011
'I hope you are enjoying learning more about our new Adobe Captivate 5.5 and Adobe eLearning Suite 2.5 releases , and also that you have had a chance to download the trials and take the new features for a spin. One thing I’m really excited about is our new Quizzes in Adobe Captivate 5.5 and in general how question slides are presented to the Learner.
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Upside Learning
JUNE 15, 2011
In an earlier blog post , Abhijit Kadle had written about a gradual but complete shift to mobile based devices for a whole host of activities, learning being just one of them. Today I came across a news article which strengthened that belief even further. In an article published on a British journalism website – www.journalism.co.uk , it was reported that the BBC is now set to broadcast directly from iPhones and iPads.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 29, 2011
Abstraction of Concepts and Reality. Vintage SimCity. Imagine trying to duplicate all the complexity of running a major city, creating an amusement park or gearing up for a military assault. These are involved and complicated processes and the backdrops for a variety of engaging and fun games. Games based on this complex subject matter work, not because they include all the complexities, but precisely because they reduce the complexity and use broad generalizations to represent reality.
Jane Hart
JUNE 16, 2011
Tweet. Tomorrow I am going to be chairing an all-day event in Bristol for the eLearning Network, called Making the most of Informal Learning. Here’s a brief overview of the event: “We know how important informal learning is in the workplace, but how do we encourage it? We know there are many free and low-cost tools that can help, but which should you be using?
The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 28, 2011
Recently, I was asked a very thought-provoking question by the director of HRD for a large organization. I was explaining the “5As Framework” to her and she asked, “What are the implications for what we do here?” I immediately launched into my usual speech about getting managers of learners involved in actively supporting the learning process. This led to a discussion of all the excuses she hears from managers to explain their lack of involvement in employee learning.
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 7, 2011
by AJ George. I have recently written a couple articles in response to the many questions I receive about whether or not using content found on YouTube is a violation of copyright. In one article I spoke with a lawyer about his views on using material found on Youtube. In another I provided some resources for deciding whether or not the content you would like to use can be used legally. Last week, YouTube took a pretty big step in helping address copyright co
E-Learning Provocateur
JUNE 27, 2011
Is there a difference between learning and development? I ruminated over this question for a number of years as a Learning & Development professional, but without much progress. I could never draw a clear line between the two, so I considered the “D&# in “L&D&# to be a simple tautology. That was until a colleague of mine recommended I read Making the Case for a Developmental Perspective by Dr Suzanne R Cook-Greuter.
Upside Learning
JUNE 29, 2011
This has come just in time for mLearning implementers; there is a new tool out in Google Labs called Swiffy that let’s one convert flash animation (swf files) to a device independent HTML5. Simply put, this will allow existing libraries of flash animation content to be ported to devices that run iOS – iPhones, iPads, and iPods. This also helps us poor elearning developers circumvent the continuous war between Adobe and Apple over flash technology, and allow delivery across devices/platforms.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 14, 2011
Stories are an important element in instructional games and are critical for fostering higher order thinking skills. But it is not the outcome of the story where the learning occurs, it is through the process of the story unfolding. As the leaner journeys through the story, the decisions that are made, the objects chosen the questions asked or unasked are moments of opportunity for learning.
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Jane Hart
JUNE 20, 2011
Tweet. Another social media video – this one from Red Sky Vision. “There is disconnect between how immersed and digitally connected employees are outside of the workplace, and how their internal communications are being delivered. On the ground, employees are still posting printed communications on the water cooler when they can be engaged, led and informed via the latest digital channel.&#.
The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 23, 2011
My colleagues, Leslie Stambaugh and Jim Stilwell, and I have published an ebook to illustrate principles and best practices of effective communication in organizations. Leaders in every organization in which we have worked have told us that their organizaion had a "communication problem." The communication problem bucket is very large, making it quite easy to pour most organizational concerns into it.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 24, 2011
by AJ George. Recently I was asked about the difference between the duplicate and copy commands, since they seemingly do the same thing. Duplicate (Ctrl-D) will automatically copy and paste whatever slide you select and place it right below the original slide. It will be identical in every way to the previous slide. Copy, (Ctrl-C) will save a copy of the slide to your clipboard so that it can be pasted (Ctrl-V) elsewhere in the presentation.
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